LAYSAN ALBATROSS – MIDWAY ATOLL – HAWAII – UNITED STATES
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Archive for November, 2009
24.10.2009 – WILDPHOTOS 09 SYMPOSIUM – LONDON
It was a great honor for me to be part of WildPhotos 09 as a speaker in this fourth edition. On a professional level it was a real challenge and on a personal level deeply inspiring and refreshing. I would like to thank the producer Roz Kidman Cox for giving me the opportunity to share my work with others, WildScreen’s staff for the excellent organization, and all my colleagues and audience for the enriching experience!
picture courtesy of Mike Kendrick – Wildscreen
Presenting my “seal puppy” – my polar inspiration since my childhood
picture courtesy of Alexandr Pospech www.photographypospech.com
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Here I would like to share part of my talk:
CLICK HERE TO VIEW (4.6MB) Wildphotos09_blog
CLICK HERE TO VIEW (52MB) Wildphotos09_blog.m4v
video footage by Morten Hilmer www.mortenhilmer.dk and Fabiola Gilardini: Thank you guys!
Friends and colleagues’s feedback: thanks for the nice notes!
ROZ KIDMAN COX – WildPhotos Producer
This is just a note to thank you for a professional and inspiration performance.
It was quite a feat to get up there in front of your peers and pull off a first-class presentation, but you did it, as I knew you would.
I hope you realised that you did a star turn.
NIALL BENVIE – Pro Photographer - http://niallbenvie.churchilljohnson.co.uk/blog/
“You think that accountants are boring? Well meet Daisy and think again. During her, well, spell-binding presentation at WildPhotos, she demonstrated that if you want to do something enough and you don’t get side-lined, you can do it. We know there are lots of brilliant polar photographers already but Daisy’s work just shines with empathy: these are pictures of friends, not just animals. I especially admired that she was willing to give up the material security that most people strive for so she could do something worthwhile and enduring with her life. I admire that hugely ; it is a much bigger step than many of us have to make when we commit to this life. And did I mention that her pictures are just b****y beautiful?”
HARRIET NIMMO – Chief Executive Wildscreen – www.wildscreen.org.uk
Thank YOU so much for your contributions to WildPhotos and helping make it such a success. Your presentation was wonderful and a great inspiration.
It was a real pleasure getting to know you, and delighted to hear that you had an enjoyable time too.
VINCENT MUNIER – Pro Photographer – www.vincentmunier.com
Yesterday, in the train on my way back from London to Paris, I though of you! I was listening to my iphone and suddenly the song “La fille de l’iceberg” (the iceberg’s girl) de Ariane Moffat start playing. It’s you…you’re the iceberg’s girl. I saw your lovely pictures while listening to the song… Your presentation was very sweet and funny. Thanks and keep your enthusiasm and smile.
RICHARD EDWARDS – Director ARKive – www.arkive.org
It was very nice to meet you at this year’s WildPhotos. Thank you for participating in our event and delivering an excellent presentation.
Initial delegate feedback looks highly complimentary, especially about the quality of imagery on show and the speaker’s presentations – so again, thank you. Many congrats once again on your image in the WPOY competition. Terrific stuff.
HEATHER STEPHENSON – photography student
Just a quickie to say it was great to see you at wildphotos and congratulate you on your presentation. Thought it was very well put together and the good fun start got everyone listening for the serious bit. You didn’t come over as nervous at all and your voice is silky like chocolate, in the big room everyone was mesmerized!
DANNY GREEN – Pro Photographer - www.dannygreenphotography.com
It was really nice to finally meet you in the flesh and your talk was fantastic and the images you shown were awesome certainly lives upto anyone else that shown theirs. I loved Norbert’s take on calling you the Queen of the Artic as you are a star, I really liked your passion and the fact you left a high paid job to pursue your dream.
picture courtesy of Alexandr Pospech www.photographypospech.com
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23.10.2009 – WILDPHOTOS 09 SYMPOSIUM – LONDON
WildPhotos is the UK’s largest and most prestigious annual symposium for the wildlife and environmental photography Industry. At its forth year, WildPhotos is an initiative of Wildscreen charity, whose mission is to promote conservation through wildlife imagery.
During two days the conference, held at the legendary Royal Geographical Society, brought together the world’s finest photographers specializing in wildlife and the environment. They took to the stage to inspire an audience of more that 350 delegates with a magnificent display of world-class images.
Speakers at WildPhotos 09 came to the event from all over the world, bringing a wealth of experiences from their different countries and cultures. Among others Michael “Nick” Nichols (USA), Vincent Munier (France), Fergus Gill (UK), Danny Green (UK), Morten Hilmer (Denmark)… and many other wonderful photographers!
picture courtesy of Mike Kendrick – Wildscreen
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Speaker’s reception
picture courtesy of Mike Kendrick – Wildscreen
www.wildphotos.org.uk
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22.10.2009 – BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA PREVIEW – LONDON
Today the results of the Veolia Environnement Wildlife photographer of the year are official and there is the press conference at the Natural History Museum in London. The exhibition will be open to public tomorrow until April 11th 2010.
Last year exhibition attracted 160′000 visitors and this year the NHM is hoping for an even bigger audience.
This year the NHM have a larger gallery and the images are displayed in bigger formats.
picture courtesy of Alexandr Pospech www.photographypospech.com
The rest of the day is spent at the Royal Geographical Society for the official rehearsal of the WildPhotos 09 conference. In the evening the speakers meet for dinner. It is so refreshing meeting old friends and making new ones!
Last time I met Angie Scott was onboard the Kapitan Khlebnikov in 2006.
Thank you Angie for helping me rehearse!
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21.10.2009 – BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – AWARD CEREMONY – LONDON
A very intense week in London is starting with the award ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London.
Each year the competition finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world’s top professional and amateur photographers. This year the contest received more than 43,000 entries from 94 countries. Roughly 100 images were awarded and I’m extremely honored to be part of this small group!
Dinner with the dinosaurs….
At the table with my sister Fabiola, famous photographer as well as good friend Norbert Rosing and Richard Edwards ARKive Director
I had a wonderful time! The Museum is such a fascinating place, the food was excellent and the company superb!
To see more about the winners www.nhm.ac.uk
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